Facts From Today

[bright1064]

Plan

Last season - not to go down, check

This season , consolidate, stop rot, flirt with play offs to keep interest but then fizzle out, check

Next season - ambition to possibly make play offs but no great desire to go up

Season after next - concerted push for promotion ready for Championship football at Falmer

But if we are ahead of schedule I'm sure the playing and coaching staff will not mind!

That's just common sense

 

[bright1064]

Plan

Last season - not to go down, check

This season , consolidate, stop rot, flirt with play offs to keep interest but then fizzle out, check

Next season - ambition to possibly make play offs but no great desire to go up

Season after next - concerted push for promotion ready for Championship football at Falmer

But if we are ahead of schedule I'm sure the playing and coaching staff will not mind!

That's just common sense

 

[bright1064]

Plan

Last season - not to go down, check

This season , consolidate, stop rot, flirt with play offs to keep interest but then fizzle out, check

Next season - ambition to possibly make play offs but no great desire to go up

Season after next - concerted push for promotion ready for Championship football at Falmer

But if we are ahead of schedule I'm sure the playing and coaching staff will not mind!

That's just common sense

 

[London Pompous]

Sorry, but reading our ambitions this year as getting 'creditable' draws against other promotion candidates - there's not much chance.

Both those sides are former Champions of EUROPE though!

 

[bright1064]

I apologize for the three replies, I didn't mean to :s

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Port Vale are the worst side in this league by some way Richie, the table does not lie.

 

[dougdeep]

Port Vale are the worst side in this league by some way Richie, the table does not lie.

How come they aren't bottom then?

 

[London Pompous]

Port Vale are the worst side in this league by some way Richie, the table does not lie.

It does if you hold it upside down

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Port Vale are the worst side in this league by some way Richie, the table does not lie.

They are pretty high up in the FORM guide though.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

How come they aren't bottom then?

might have somehting to do with Luton losing 10 point possibly per chance

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

without point deductions

Crewe 42 - 10 14 18 - 44 points
Gillingham 42 - 11 11 20 - 44 points
Luton 42 - 11 10 21 - 43 points
Port vale 42 - 9 8 25 - 35 points

 

[Seasider78]

Form table for last 8 games shows Port Vale are no walkover

1 Southend United (5) 8 5 3 0 12 5 7 1.50 0.62 2.25 18 wWwDwDWd
2 Carlisle United (2) 8 5 2 1 13 6 7 1.62 0.75 2.12 17 WLdWwdWW
3 Leeds United (6) 8 5 2 1 12 5 7 1.50 0.62 2.12 17 wwDWdLWw
4 AFC Bournemouth (22) 8 5 0 3 11 8 3 1.37 1.00 1.87 15 wWWlWllW
5 Nottingham Forest (4) 8 3 4 1 9 5 4 1.12 0.62 1.62 13 WwlDwDdd
6 Hartlepool United (13) 8 4 1 3 12 10 2 1.50 1.25 1.62 13 dLWllWWw
7 Port Vale (23) 8 4 1 3 13 14 -1 1.62 1.75 1.62 13 wWWlDwlL
8 Northampton Town (11) 8 3 3 2 11 9 2 1.37 1.12 1.50 12 WdlLWdwD

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

the 42 games is a better guide as to their ability

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Bahdeb I Think You Have Been Caught In One Of Those Massive Japanese Trawler Nets.

 

[NMH]

It wasn't the fact we lost, it was the way we meekly surrendered to the worst team in the division. It was the pathetic performance that makes it all the worse, not just the disgraceful result. It was the way we went onto that pitch expecting to win without putting the work in. We're not good enough to do that by a long way, and to throw our entire season away in one afternoon is frustrating to say the least. If preparing a team so utterly badly is your idea of Wilkins "working wonders," then you'd be having his babies if we were any good.

I suspect she already has "had his babies".

 

[Skaville]

the 42 games is a better guide as to their ability

But form shows how well they are playing right now. Well done Port Vale - a very good away victory.

 

[Napper]

diamond at home was our undoing

DW 2/10

 

[bhadeb]

Bahdeb I Think You Have Been Caught In One Of Those Massive Japanese Trawler Nets.

i was just stating the facts - dicks interference at christmas has not helped the team - i am not having a pop and anyone - just stating the simple facts !!

 

[eastlondonseagull]

I disagree. I think it does help. They need to know when we're not happy, and they need to know they're not good enough. If people just politely applauded performances like today, it'd do a lot more harm than good.

Come on Badger. I doubt the team would put in that kind of performance AWAY from home, because the supporters would actually SUPPORT the team. A crowd of 7,700 = a lot of whingers. The 1,700 Albion fans at Leeds got behind the team and made them play the way they did, I firmly believe that. The lads are exhausted, and need our encouragement.

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[eastlondonseagull]

Form table for last 8 games shows Port Vale are no walkover

1 Southend United (5) 8 5 3 0 12 5 7 1.50 0.62 2.25 18 wWwDwDWd
2 Carlisle United (2) 8 5 2 1 13 6 7 1.62 0.75 2.12 17 WLdWwdWW
3 Leeds United (6) 8 5 2 1 12 5 7 1.50 0.62 2.12 17 wwDWdLWw
4 AFC Bournemouth (22) 8 5 0 3 11 8 3 1.37 1.00 1.87 15 wWWlWllW
5 Nottingham Forest (4) 8 3 4 1 9 5 4 1.12 0.62 1.62 13 WwlDwDdd
6 Hartlepool United (13) 8 4 1 3 12 10 2 1.50 1.25 1.62 13 dLWllWWw
7 Port Vale (23) 8 4 1 3 13 14 -1 1.62 1.75 1.62 13 wWWlDwlL
8 Northampton Town (11) 8 3 3 2 11 9 2 1.37 1.12 1.50 12 WdlLWdwD

Exactly. Yesterday's game was never going to be the walkover most Albion fans expected.

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